EP1465810A1

EP1465810A1 - Packing and presentation device

Info

Publication number: EP1465810A1
Application number: EP03729476A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Susanne Bleicher-Kaikkis
Original assignee: Bleicher-Kaikkis Susanne
Current assignee: Seismografics JK GmbH
Priority date: 2002-01-16
Filing date: 2003-01-16
Publication date: 2004-10-13
Anticipated expiration: 2023-01-16
Also published as: WO2003059761A1; ATE327168T1; DE50303468D1; DE10201451A1; EP1465810B1; EP1465810B8; AU2003235701A1

Abstract

Case and presentation device for a compact disk (50) has top and bottom covers (12, 14) with a hinge element (16) between them. A support element (30) holds the disk in place during transport so that it is parallel to the covers and hinge element. In presentation mode the packaging opens up and the disk is held at an angle to the vertical so that it can be easily viewed.

Description

Packaging and presentation device

Technical field

The invention relates to a packaging and presentation device for packaging and holding one or more flat objects, in particular compact disks.

State of the art

For higher-quality flat products or other flat products, the surfaces of which must not be damaged, packaging is required in particular for shipping and storage, which protect these products against external influences. For example, compact discs (also abbreviated as CD) have been on the market as electronic storage media for storing a wide variety of data for some time. The best-known areas of use of such compact disks are the use as a music CD for storing music data, but also in particular the use for storing programs and data for processing in computers. Due to these diverse applications, the compact disk has recently become a mass-produced item that can be found in extremely large numbers on the market. In connection with the high number of units, there is inevitably the question of the storage of such compact disks, on the one hand, and on the other hand, the question of safe and damage-free transport, for example when sending or also when transporting a compact disk. When solving these questions, the very high number of items means that the cost of producing appropriate packaging is paramount. On the music market, cassette-like sleeves are usually used for this purpose, which are mostly made of a plastic and which have one inside Have a recess in which the compact disk can be inserted. Such a cassette-like case is described for example in GB 2 154 550 A or in DE 37 36 239 Cl. However, such cassette-like sleeves are relatively expensive to produce on the one hand and can also be reused or recycled only with great effort on the other hand. Such cassette-like sleeves also require a relatively large construction volume, as a result of which the storage of a large number of compact disks packed in such sleeves is very space-consuming. For many areas of use, such cassette-like sleeves are therefore meaninglessly out of the question. For example, many companies send compact disks as advertising material, with new demonstration programs or the like being stored on the compact disks. In addition to the cost aspect and the aspect of the volume of the packaging, this also includes the manageability of the packaging, simple operation when opening and closing the packaging and when removing and reinserting the compact disk from and into the packaging, as well as the possibility of packaging in the foreground in a simple way to print or stick with advertising material or information material.

For this purpose, the applicant has proposed in published patent application DE 195 10 090 AI to produce a data carrier packaging, preferably made of paper or cardboard, the data carrier packaging having a cover that can be folded along a folded seam. The cover is thus designed like a book cover with a front cover and a rear cover, the compact disk being inserted centrally between the covers. In order to fix the compact disk in this position and to prevent the compact disk from accidentally falling out when opening and closing the casing, a fixing element is also provided here, which extends in the direction of the folding seam. The fixing element has a space in which the compact disk can be inserted with an orientation parallel to the folding seam. The compact disk is fixed by means of the fixing element, similar to a clamping device, by clamping a section of the circle of the compact disk. As an alternative clamping device, it is also proposed here to fix the compact disk by means of two dovetail clamping devices arranged in the folding seam and engaging on opposite sides of the compact disk. The fixing element is additionally designed here so that the compact disk clamped in the fixing element rises from the lying position into the vertical when the casing is opened by opening the two covers. The packaging for flat data carriers described in the applicant's published patent application DE 197 09 539 AI is designed in a similar manner. Here, too, the inserted compact disk is fixed in the longitudinal direction of the folded seam by clamping a section of the circle of the compact disk.

A folder with a similar structure to this is described in German Offenlegungsschrift 2,357,341. Middle areas of the insert compartment are attached to the covers here in such a way that the insert compartment opens when the cover is opened.

A disadvantage of these packaging solutions known from the patent application documents mentioned are, in particular, the large dimensions which the packaging described here have. In order to ensure that the inserted compact disk is securely fixed, the packaging has a greater width in the direction of the folding seam than the diameter of the compact disk. This is due in particular to the fact that the holding elements must have overhangs over the object to be held in the direction of the folding seam, so that the object to be held can be clamped sufficiently. However, these larger dimensions proved to be very disadvantageous, in particular in connection with music CDs. The plastic sleeves commonly used here are made in standardized dimensions. For the reasons mentioned, however, the dimensions of the packaging described in the above-mentioned patent application documents differ from these standardized sizes, so that music CDs which are packaged in packaging according to the patent application documents are not kept in the same storage containers, for example a CD stand may or have a protrusion here compared to the other stored CDs.

Furthermore, the known packaging tends to close again to a certain extent after being opened by a user. As a result, the opened packaging has only a low stability, which makes handling of the packaging more difficult. On the other hand, this also leads to a lower positive presentation effect of the object held in the packaging.

Presentation of the invention

The invention is therefore based on the object of providing a packaging and presentation device for packaging and holding flat objects, in particular compact disks, which avoids the problems known from the prior art. In particular, the packaging and presentation device should have the smallest possible volume and be designed to be comfortable to handle by a user.

This object is achieved by the packaging and presentation device according to claim 1. Further advantageous embodiments of the invention can be found in the subclaims. The packaging and presentation device according to the invention for packaging and holding one or more flat objects, in particular compact disks or the like, comprises a packaging element and a holding element for holding the flat object. The packaging element is designed with at least a first cover element and a second cover element, which are arranged approximately parallel to one another in the packaged state and essentially completely enclose the flat object in a packaged state. The cover elements are further articulated along a connecting element so that the packaging element can be moved from the packaged state to an unpacked state by opening one or both cover elements and vice versa. The packaging element is thus essentially similar to a book cover. Depending on requirements, the connecting element can be made with only a small width or also - in particular if several flat objects are to be held or the held object has a greater thickness - with a larger width. In the first case, the connecting element is therefore more of a connecting line, while in the second case the connecting element is more of a connecting strip similar to a spine of a book.

According to the invention, the flat object is held in the packaged state, ie when the cover elements are folded, by the holding element with an orientation approximately parallel to the longitudinal direction of the connecting element. Accordingly, the flat article is arranged in the packaged state parallel or approximately parallel to the cover elements and between them. In the unpacked state, ie when the cover elements are unfolded, the flat object held in the holding element is oriented rotated at an angle to the longitudinal direction of the connecting element. The object held in the holding element is thus rotated by an angle of inclination during the opening of the packaging and presentation device from its original position, in which the object is aligned parallel to the longitudinal direction of the connecting element, the angle of inclination of the flat object relative to the longitudinal direction of the connecting element in the unpackaged state Condition preferably between 25 ° and 50 °, particularly preferably 40 °. When the packaging and presentation device is closed, the rotation takes place in reverse.

Advantageously, the alignment of the flat object is steplessly carried out by rotating the flat object while the packaging element is being opened from the packaged state to the unpacked state. The packaging and presentation device designed according to the invention can thus be realized with a smaller plan of the cover elements and thus with a smaller construction volume of the packaging and presentation device in the packaged state than the embodiments known from the prior art. For this purpose, the holding element is further advantageously designed such that the flat object is held centrally. In this respect, the holding device no longer needs to have overhangs over the object to be held in the longitudinal direction of the connecting element in order to ensure that the flat object is securely held in the packaged and unpacked state. Furthermore, the flat object rotated by an angle ensures a higher inherent stability of the packaging and presentation device in the opened state. For this purpose, the cover elements of the packaging element can advantageously be opened against one another up to an angle of 180 °, so that the cover elements form a flat surface in the opened state. In particular, the design of the packaging and presentation device according to the invention also prevents the packaging and presentation device from folding back inadvertently. Furthermore, the rotation of the presentation effect of the flat object is increased when the packaging and presentation device is opened and when the packaging and presentation device is opened.

In a preferred embodiment, the holding element of the packaging and presentation device is a tapering element in a head region and particularly preferably a triangular element with a receiving element arranged in the head region of the tapering element or triangular element for receiving the flat object. The head angle of the triangular element is advantageously increased when the packaging element is opened. In the packaged state, the head angle is therefore very acute, preferably in a range between 0 ° and 5 ° head angle, and widens when the packaging element is opened, preferably up to an angle of 30 ° to 60 °. The receiving element for receiving the flat object is preferably an oblique cut which is provided in the triangular element and which extends on both sides of the triangular element from the head region in the direction of the bottom region of the triangular element. Such an oblique slit, which can be produced in a simple manner, also enables simple and convenient handling, the flat object being inserted into the oblique slit in a simple manner. On the other hand, it is possible in a simple manner to carry out the oblique shot with a depth adapted to the respective application, in order to ensure a secure hold of the flat object introduced into the oblique shot. The oblique cut is advantageously carried out on each side of the triangle with the same depth, so that the flat object penetrates the same depth into the triangular element on both sides of the triangular element. If the head angle of the triangular element now increases when the packaging and presentation device is opened, see above the angular position of the oblique slit changes in the form of a rotation around the tip of the triangular element. Corresponding to this change in the angle of the oblique slit, a flat object introduced into the oblique slit also undergoes a rotation.

The triangular element advantageously comprises a first and a second leg, each of which has an upper edge and a lower edge, the legs being articulated to one another at their upper edges and here forming the head region of the triangular element. The lower edge of the first leg is also connected to an inside of the one cover element of the packaging element and the lower edge of the second leg is connected to an inside of the other cover element of the packaging element. The triangular element is particularly hollow on the inside. However, it would also be conceivable to fill the inside of the triangular element with a highly elastic material, for example a foam or cotton wool.

The triangular element is expediently arranged such that, when the packaging element is folded, a central plane, which is spanned by the center line of the connecting element and the tip of the triangular element, runs parallel to the cover elements and between them.

The triangular element is preferably also symmetrical to the central plane. The legs of the triangular element are accordingly advantageously of the same length. When the cover elements of the packaging element are opened, the triangular element folds out equally on both sides of the leg. If the packaging element is closed by folding over or collapsing the cover elements, the triangular element also folds up uniformly in the opposite manner. In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the packaging element and / or the holding element are each made from a one-piece basic blank. A paper material is particularly expediently chosen as the material for the packaging element and / or the holding element. In particular, a flat, preferably printable and / or film-like plastic or a thicker paper or cardboard comes into question, with sufficient stability and adequate protection of the packaged object being ensured in all cases. A paper material offers the ecological advantage that this material can be disposed of easily and in an environmentally friendly manner or can also be recycled. The packaging device made of paper or cardboard or printable plastic can also be easily printed directly. It also allows labeling or pasting. This is advantageously done in the flat state of the one-piece basic cut.

In addition to the elements already mentioned, the packaging and presentation device advantageously also includes an enveloping element into which the packaging element can be inserted in the packaged state. For this purpose, the enveloping element has an upper side and an underside which is parallel to the upper side and is spaced apart according to the thickness of the packaging element. Furthermore, the envelope element is closed on at least two long sides by means of side elements. The wrapping element offers additional protection and secures the packaging element against accidental opening of a cover element, for example during transport. The wrapping element can also be used as outer packaging, on which, for example, an address of a recipient and postal franking can be attached. The enveloping element is also advantageously made of a paper material or preferably printable plastic (for example film). The The cover element can also be printed, labeled or glued directly.

In addition to the above-mentioned use of the packaging and presentation device according to the invention for packaging and presentation of held compact disks, the device according to the invention can also be used for packaging and presentation of other, especially flat objects.

The individual components are expediently folded from an arc-shaped blank of a paper material or plastic material, the components being expediently connected to one another by gluing. Adhesive bonding is understood to mean any procedure with which two opposing surface elements are firmly connected to one another. This can be done by glue, but also by embossing. If plastic products are used that are thermoplastic or at least have thermoplastic properties in their upper layer (e.g. by lamination or incorporation of thermoplastic fibers), bonding by thermal action is also possible.

Gluing can also be replaced in whole or in part by plug connections.

The invention further relates to blanks for such packaging. A blank is a sheet of sheet material from which the device can be produced by folding and gluing.

Brief description of the drawings

The invention is explained in more detail below on the basis of exemplary embodiments in connection with the drawings. Show it: 1 shows a first embodiment of the packaging and presentation device according to the invention in a three-dimensional representation,

FIG. 2 shows a top view of the first embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side view of the first embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 1, wherein in the packaging and

Presentation device a compact disk is supported;

FIG. 4 shows an envelope element for use with the first embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1 in a three-dimensional view;

5A-C basic cuts of the first embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1;

6 shows a second embodiment of the packaging and presentation device according to the invention in a three-dimensional representation,

7A-C show the basic cuts of the second embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 6 and the basic cut of a third embodiment modified from the second embodiment.

In the figures, only the elements and components essential for understanding the invention are shown. The devices according to the invention shown can thus be supplemented in a variety of ways or also modified in a manner which is obvious to the person skilled in the art, without thereby departing from or changing the inventive idea. Identical or equivalent components are largely identified in the figures with the same reference numerals.

WAYS OF IMPLEMENTING THE INVENTION FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the packaging and presentation device according to the invention in a three-dimensional view. Figure 2 shows a plan view of the first embodiment of the invention. The first embodiment of the packaging and presentation device according to the invention shown here serves for packaging and presentation of a compact disk. Accordingly, the dimensions of the packaging and presentation device shown here are also selected to match the dimensions of a compact disk. The holding of another object would require different dimensions of the packaging and presentation device.

The embodiment of the packaging and presentation device according to the invention shown in FIG. 1 comprises a packaging element 10 which, as essential components similar to a book cover, has a first cover element 12 and a second cover element 14 and a connecting element 16. The two cover elements 12, 14, which are designed in the form of a book cover, each have the same rectangular floor plans. The smaller side edges S1 of the floor plan are only slightly larger than the diameter of a compact disk. The other side edges S2 are designed with a somewhat larger side edge length than the smaller side edges S1, in order to enable the mounting element 30 described below to be arranged in addition to covering the compact disk. The first and the second cover element 12, 14 are connected to one another in an articulated manner by means of the connection element 16, specifically in the form that each cover element 12, 14 is connected along one of the smaller side edges S1 to a longitudinal side L1, L2 of the connection element 16. The cover elements 12, 14 are each along this connection lines 18a, 18b foldable, each of the cover elements 12, 14 being able to be folded down from the horizontal position shown in FIG. 1 into a vertical position. In the context of the further description, the position in which the cover elements 12, 14 are arranged in the horizontal position is referred to as an opened arrangement, while the position in which the cover elements 12, 14 are folded into the vertical position is referred to as a folded arrangement Arrangement of the packaging and presentation device is called. If the cover elements 12, 14 are set up in the vertical position, the cover elements 12, 14 essentially completely encase a compact disk 50 inserted between these cover elements. Furthermore, the connecting element 16 in the embodiment shown here has such a width that, as soon as the cover elements 12, 14 are folded into the vertical, between these cover elements 12, 14 there is sufficient space for accommodating the holding device 30 described below and the holding compact disk 50 is available. The connecting element 16 shown here is thus a narrow connecting strip, which, however, can also be made thicker or narrower as required.

Furthermore, in the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1, a closure is arranged on the side edge S1 of the first cover element 12 opposite the connecting line 18a. The closure is designed here as a fold-over tab 20 and is articulated to the first cover element 12. If both cover elements are opened up vertically, the tab 20, as shown in FIG. 3, is folded over the second cover element 14 and thus leads to a fixation of the two cover elements 12, 14, so that the cover elements 12, 14 do not move can reopen independently. Alternatively, the closure could also be designed as a magnetic closure, for example, which comprises small metal and magnetic plates that can be glued onto the cover elements. However, other closures known to those skilled in the art can also be used here.

In addition to the packaging element 10, the packaging and presentation device shown in FIG. 1 also has a holding element 30 which is arranged near the connecting strip 16 of the packaging element 10. The holding element 30 serves to hold a compact disk 50 both in the unfolded state of the packaging and presentation device shown in FIG. 1 and in a folded state, ie with the cover elements unfolded vertically and as shown in FIG. 3. The mounting element 30 is designed here as a triangular element 32 with a first leg 34 and a second leg 36, the legs 34, 36 being articulated in the head region of the triangular element 32 along the respective upper edges 35a, 37a of the legs and here a head angle 40 of Include triangle elements. In the bottom region of the triangular element 32, ie in the region of the lower edges 35b, 37b of the legs opposite the upper edges, the legs 34, 36 of the triangular element 32 are each connected by means of wing-like flaps 42a, 42b, which are each articulated to the respective leg the inner sides of the cover elements 12, 14 connected. For this purpose, the flaps 42a, 42b are glued onto the inside of the cover elements in a manner that is easy to manufacture. In the embodiment shown here, as can also be seen from the basic cut shown in FIG. 5A, a flap 42b extends to the outer side edge of the second cover element 14 and is connected to it by a folded seam. Thus, the packaging element 10 and the holding element 30 can be produced from a one-piece basic blank. The other flap 42a of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is designed with a width of approximately 1 cm. The legs 34, 36 of the triangular element are also executed with a somewhat larger height than half the diameter of the compact disk 50 to be held. The arrangement of the triangular element is chosen so that the lower edges 35b, 37b of the legs run parallel to the connecting lines 18a, 18b of the connecting element 16 and thus to the Connecting lines 18am 18b are spaced so that in the opened state of the packaging and presentation device shown in FIG. 1, the head angle 40 of the triangular element is approximately 35 °. However, the arrangement can also be expediently chosen such that the head angle of the triangular element in the opened state is in a range from approximately 20 ° to approximately 50 °. Furthermore, it is advantageous to arrange the triangular element 32, as shown in FIG. 1, in a symmetrical arrangement to the connecting element 16. This means that the distances between the lower edges 35b, 37b of the legs 34, 36 of the triangular element to the center line M of the connecting element 16 are the same. The holding element 30 furthermore has an oblique slot 44, which extends over both legs 34, 36 of the holding element 30. The oblique slot 44 is arranged here in the center of the triangular element 32 and in such a way that the obliquely arranged slot extends continuously from the first leg 34 to the second leg 36 at the same helix angle. The helix angle 46 relates to the flat state of the legs and can be seen, for example, from the basic cut of the holding device shown in FIG. 5A. In Figure 5A, the helix angle is 78 °. Depending on the material of the mounting element, the oblique slot 44 is either made only as a cut with a vanishing slot width or also as a groove with a width corresponding to the object to be held. In the present case, the holding element 30 as well as the packaging element 10 and also the further elements of the packaging and presentation device described below are made from a paper material, here a thin cardboard material, which has a high flexibility and is foldable and preferably can be printed directly. Alternatively, a preferably printable plastic film can be used as the material. Accordingly, it is not necessary to perform the slitting with a significant slot width in order to be able to insert the compact disk into the slot. Rather, a simple cut is sufficient here, the slot widening when the compact disk is inserted due to the flexibility of the thin cardboard material.

In the embodiment of the invention shown here, the compact disk 50 to be held can thus be inserted into the oblique slot 44 of the holding element 30 and is held here. The oblique slot 44 extends from the head region of the triangular element in the direction of the bottom region of the triangular element, that is to say in the direction of the connecting element. The triangular element 32 is slotted so deeply that the compact disk 50 can be inserted into the slot up to approximately the middle of the compact disk. In order to secure the compact disk 50 in this position, a securing element for securing the compact disk inserted into the oblique slot is additionally arranged in the head region of the triangular element 32. In the embodiment of the invention shown here, the securing element is designed as a securing lug 48 which, for securing the compact disk, extends from one triangular side to the other triangular side through the recess 52 of the compact disk. The recess of the compact disk used for security is provided as standard in standard compact disks. The securing lug 48 is preferably firmly connected to one of the two legs and, as shown in the basic cut shown in FIG. 5A, is particularly preferably embodied in one piece with a leg by a suitable cut. In the unfolded arrangement of the cover elements 12, 14 shown in FIG. 1, the compact disk 50 inserted into the oblique slot 44 has an angle 54 of approximately 40 ° Longitudinal direction of the connecting element, thus to the center line M. This angle 54 can be seen particularly well in the plan view shown in FIG. 2 and is not to be equated with the helix angle, since the latter reflects the conditions in the flat state of the legs. If the cover elements or just a cover element are folded down into the vertical, the cover elements or the cover element describe a quarter-circle arc, the packaging element being partially or completely closed. Correspondingly, the lower edges of the legs likewise move along a quarter-circle arc, the tip of the triangular element only experiencing a transverse movement. This leads to a reduction in the head angle of the triangular element. In the extreme case, ie with a small material thickness and a small width of the connecting element, the head angle can be reduced to a value of approximately 0 ° or slightly more than 0 °. As a result of this reduction in the head angle, the angle enclosed by the compact disk held in the oblique slot and the longitudinal direction of the connecting element also decreases. By reducing the vertical distance between the legs of the mounting element and the center plane, which is spanned by the longitudinal center axis of the connecting element and the tip of the triangular element, the angle between the held compact disk and the longitudinal direction of the connecting element is also reduced. The compact disk 50 held in the oblique slot 44 is thus screwed in as a result of the cover elements 12, 14 folding over in the longitudinal direction of the connecting element 16, thus in the direction of the center line M of the connecting element 16. In the folded state of both cover elements, as shown in FIG. 3, the compact disk 50 is thus aligned approximately parallel to the longitudinal direction of the connecting element 16 and thus also parallel to the cover elements 12, 14. When the cover elements are opened or unfolded from the folded arrangement into the arrangement shown in FIG. 1, the rotation of the held compact disk correspondingly proceeds in the opposite manner. Due to this mounting principle of the packaging and presentation device according to the invention, the packaging element can be designed with a slightly larger floor plan than the floor plan of the object to be held. In comparison to the prior art, no overhangs of the holding device over the object to be held are required in order to ensure that the object is held securely. The entire packaging and presentation device according to the invention can thus be designed with smaller floor plan dimensions compared to the packaging and presentation devices known from the prior art. The design of a packaging and presentation device according to the invention thus allows on the one hand very space-saving packaging of a flat object, for example the compact disk described in the exemplary embodiment. Such a space-saving packaging offers advantages in particular for shipping or storage, especially for a large number of such packaging. In the case of use for music CDs, the packaging and presentation device can thus also be produced in the standardized dimensions of the cassette-like cases that are usually used and thus enables storage in commercially available CD stands.

The packaging and presentation device shown in FIG. 1 further comprises an insertion element, which in the present case is designed as a slipcase 22 and is also made of a thin cardboard material. The slipcase 22 is glued to the inside of the second cover element 14 in a very simple and cost-effective manner. The slipcase 22 itself consists only of a front element 22a and a rear element 22b, both of which are the same have a large, square floor plan and are connected to each other on three side edges. The fourth side edges of the front and rear elements are not connected to one another, so that a compact disk can be inserted into the slipcase 22 from here.

The slipcase is particularly suitable for securely stowing the compact disk 50 to be aged, for example during transport. However, an additional compact disk or one or more accompanying notes can also be stowed in the slipcase.

Furthermore, the packaging and presentation device shown in FIG. 1 has a small nose 24 in the area of the tab 20. This nose 24 protrudes outwards and serves for the packaging element 10 to be pulled out of an envelope element 26 as shown in FIG. 4 in an easy-to-use manner.

The enveloping element 26 shown in FIG. 4 comprises an upper side 26a and an underside 26b spaced apart from the upper side, as well as two additional side elements 26c, 26d. The dimensions of the top and bottom as well as the side elements and the distance of the top from the bottom are chosen so that the packaging element 10 shown in FIG. 1 with the cover elements according to FIG. 3 folded together under slight pressure into the cavity enclosed by the enveloping element 26 can be inserted. The packaging element 10 is pushed into the envelope element 26 such that the tab 20 and the connecting element 16 come to lie aligned in the direction of the open sides of the envelope element 26. The two side elements 26c, 26d of the wrapping element 26 accordingly close the inserted packaging element 10 on the still open side surfaces of the packaging element and thus prevent an inadvertent falling out of a compact disk inserted in the packaging element even in these directions. FIGS. 5A-C also show a basic cut (FIG. 5A) of the first embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1, including the enveloping element 26 (FIG. 5C) from FIG. The basic cut for the packaging element 10 is advantageously carried out essentially in one piece, the slipcase 22 (FIG. 5A) and the envelope element 26 having their own basic cut. Such a basic cut enables the packaging and presentation device according to the invention to be manufactured extremely cost-effectively, in particular if it is made from a foldable material, for example a paper material. The lines shown in the basic cut represent either cut lines (marked S in FIGS. 5A-C and 7A-C) or fold lines (marked F in FIGS. 5A-C and 7A-C). Only folds of the cut are on fold lines required in the desired position. In addition to the elements already described, the envelope element 26 and the slipcase 22 also have flaps (marked K in FIGS. 5A-C and 7A-C), which serve as adhesive surfaces for connection to other surfaces.

FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of the packaging and presentation device according to the invention in a three-dimensional representation. The second embodiment of the packaging and presentation device according to the invention is in turn made of a paper material, preferably a thinner cardboard. Instead of this material, a preferably printable plastic film can also be used. The associated basic cut is shown in FIGS. 7A, B. FIG. 7C shows the basic cut of a third embodiment, which, however, differs only slightly in the contour of the first cover element (14a, 14b) compared to the second embodiment, so that only the second embodiment is referred to below. The statements apply equally to the third embodiment. The second embodiment is carried out in essential parts in the same or similar manner as the first embodiment of the invention. Thus, in the context of the description, reference is also made here to the above statements relating to the first embodiment of the invention in accordance with the descriptions of FIGS. 1 to 5.

Deviations of the second embodiment from the first embodiment of the invention are given on the one hand in the design of the first and second cover elements. The cover elements are double-layered here. Accordingly, the first cover element 12 consists of an upper layer 12a and a lower layer 12b. The second cover element 14 consists of an upper layer 14a and a lower layer 14b. For this purpose, however, only the reference numerals 12 and 14 are shown in FIG. 6. In the basic cut shown in FIG. 7A, a tab 20b is also shown at the end of the first cover element, which, however, does not fulfill the function of the closure 20 from FIG. 1 here, but rather serves as a spacer when arranged in the enveloping element, in order to ensure that the function below is closer ensure hooking element 28 described.

Furthermore, there is a difference from the first embodiment in particular in the design of the enveloping element 26. The enveloping element 26 of the second embodiment of the invention as shown in FIG. 6 comprises an upper side 26a and a lower side 26b. Furthermore, the envelope element 26 is closed on three sides 26c, 26d, 26e of the envelope element by side elements. The packaging element 10 can thus only be inserted into the envelope element 26 from one side.

The packaging element according to the second embodiment has no closure as described in the first embodiment of the invention. Instead, a hooking element is provided on the packaging element 10 and the wrapping element 26, which in particular prevents the wrapping element 10 and the wrapping element 26 from being accidentally separated secures when pulling the packaging element out of the envelope element. The hooking element 28 works on the principle of a barb, the packaging element 10 for this purpose having a bent tab 28a on the underside of the second cover element. On the inside of the underside of the wrapping element 26, a further bent tab 28b is provided as a barb, into which the tab 28a of the packaging element engages when the packing element is pulled out of the wrapping element and thus prevents the packing element from being pulled out completely or inadvertently sliding out of the wrapping element , If the wrapping element and the packaging element are to be separated from one another, at least one tab 28a, 28b must be pressed back in such a way that the two tabs are prevented from becoming caught. Furthermore, the second embodiment of the invention differs in terms of the arrangement of the lug from the first embodiment described above in that the lug 24 shown in FIG. 6 and connected to the first cover element is arranged close to the connecting element of the two cover elements. The nose 24 serves to provide a point of attack for a user in order to be able to pull the packaging element inserted into the enveloping element out of the enveloping element easily and comfortably. For this purpose, the top of the envelope element is also cut out in a semicircle 27.

Both the production of the second embodiment of the invention by cutting the basic blank from FIG. 7A, B and folding along the fold lines and the assembly of the second embodiment of the invention are thus also very simple and inexpensive.

However, the operation of the second embodiment of the invention differs slightly from the operation of the first embodiment. If the packaging element 10 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. If the element 26 is pulled out, the device is expediently held by the operator on the enveloping element 26 while the first cover element 14 is opened. In this case, the first cover element 14 can thus be opened by a semicircle by 180 °. As a result, the unfolding process is thus similar to the unfolding process of the first embodiment of the invention, but here expediently both cover elements 12, 14 are unfolded by an angle of 90 ° from the position opened into the vertical. The course of movement of the holding element 30 does not change as a result of this different operating mode, but the two embodiments therefore differ in the operating mode for a user.

In a further, particularly expedient embodiment of the invention, several, for example two or three, flat objects can also be held and packaged in the packaging and presentation device according to the invention. For this purpose, several oblique slots are to be arranged parallel to one another in the holding device, each oblique slot being designed in accordance with the above statements. The oblique cuts are spaced apart from one another, a small distance preferably being selected, for example for the purpose of holding a plurality of compact disks. It is therefore sufficient to choose the distance twice the thickness of a compact disk accordingly. If several flat objects are held parallel to one another, the objects can no longer be screwed in completely up to an angle of approximately 0 ° in the longitudinal direction of the connecting element when the packaging and presentation device is closed, but here, too, the use of the inventive device results in a considerable space savings in comparison to conventional packaging and presentation devices.

Claims

claims

1. Packaging and presentation device for packaging and holding one or more flat objects, in particular one or more compact disks (50) or the like, with a packaging element (10) and a holding element (30) for holding the flat object , wherein the packaging element (10) comprises at least a first cover element (12) and a second cover element (14), which are arranged approximately parallel to one another in the packaged state and essentially completely enclose the flat object in the packaged state, and the cover elements (12 , 14) are further articulated along a connecting element (16) in such a way that the packaging element (10) can be converted from the packaged state into an unpacked state and vice versa by opening one or both cover elements, and vice versa, and wherein the holding element (30) approximate the flat object in the packaged state holds parallel to the longitudinal direction (M) of the connecting element (16) and rotates in the unpacked state at an angle (54) to the longitudinal direction of the connecting element.

2. Packaging and presentation device according to claim

1, wherein the angle (54) of the flat object to the longitudinal direction of the connecting element in the unpacked state is between 25 ° and 50 °, particularly preferably 40 °.

3. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the transition of the alignment of the flat object takes place continuously during the opening of the packaging element (10) from the packaged state to the unpacked state.

4. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the holding element (30) holds the flat object centrally.

5. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cover elements (12, 14) of the packaging element can be opened up to an angle of 180 ° relative to one another.

6. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the holding element (30) is a tapering element in a head region (32) with a receiving element arranged in the head region of the tapering element for receiving the flat object ,

Packaging and presentation device according to claim

6, the element tapering in the head region being a triangular element.

8. Packaging and presentation device according to one of claims 6 or 7, wherein the head angle (40) of the tapering element or triangular element is enlarged during the opening of the packaging element and in the opened Condition is preferably 20 ° to 50 °, and particularly preferably 35 °.

9. Packaging and presentation device according to one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the receiving element is a slanted slot (44) which is provided on both sides of the tapered element or triangular element in the tapered element or triangular element (32) and which extends from the head region towards the bottom region of the tapered element or triangular element.

10. Packaging and presentation device according to one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the triangular element (32) comprises a first leg (34) and a second leg (36), each having an upper edge (35a, 37a) and a lower edge (35b, 37b), the legs being connected to one another in an articulated manner at their upper edges and here forming the head region of the triangular element, and the lower edge (35b) of the first leg (34) having an inside of the first cover element (12) of the packaging element and the lower edge (37b) of the second leg (36) is connected to an inside of the second cover element (14) of the packaging element.

11. Packaging and presentation device according to one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the triangular element (32) is arranged so that in the packaged state of the packaging element a plane from a center line (M) of the connecting element (16) and the tip of the triangular element (32) is stretched, runs parallel to the cover elements (12, 14) and between them.

12. Packaging and presentation device according to one of claims 7 to 11, wherein the legs (34, 36) of the triangular element are of equal length and preferably each leg has at least one wing-like, articulated flap (42a, 42b) on the lower edge, which rests on the inside of the cover element concerned.

13. Packaging and presentation device according to one of claims 6 to 12, wherein the flat object is a compact disk (50), and the oblique slot (44) preferably has a depth such that the compact disk (50) to one commercially available central recess of the compact disk can be inserted into the oblique slot.

14. Packaging and presentation device according to claim 13, wherein in the head region of the triangular element a securing element is additionally arranged for securing a compact disk arranged in the oblique slot.

15. Packaging and presentation device according to claim 14, wherein the securing element is a securing lug (48) which extends through the central recess of the compact disk to secure the compact disk.

16. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the packaging element (10) and / or the holding element (30) each consist of a one-piece basic blank (60) and are preferably brought into an operational position by folding along fold lines.

17. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the packaging element (10) and the holding element (30) consist of a common basic blank and are preferably brought into an operational position by folding along fold lines.

18. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the packaging element (10) and / or the holding element (30) are made from a paper material, preferably from a foldable cardboard or alternatively from a preferably printable plastic.

19. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cover elements (12, 14) each have the same rectangular layout and the cover elements are preferably connected to each other along a side edge.

20. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the packaging element additionally comprises a closure (20), preferably a foldable tab.

21. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the packaging device additionally comprises an insertion element for receiving the flat object, which is preferably arranged on one side of a cover element.

22. Packaging and presentation device according to claim 21, the insert element being a slipcase (22), which is preferably made of a paper material or a preferably printable plastic.

23. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the packaging device additionally comprises a wrapping element (26) into which the packaging element can be inserted in the packaged state.

24. Packaging and presentation device according to claim 23, wherein the enveloping element is made of a paper material.

25. Packaging and presentation device according to claim 23, characterized in that the enveloping element is made of a preferably printable plastic.

26. Packaging and presentation device according to one of claims 23 to 25, wherein the packaging element (10) and the wrapping element (26) are secured by means of a hooking element (28) against accidental separation.

27. Packaging and presentation device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the components thereof are folded from an arcuate blank of a paper material or plastic material, the components being preferably connected to one another by gluing.

28. Cutting for a presentation device according to one of the preceding claims.